Seamless XP on Ubuntu with VirtualBox - part 3 - Seamless Mode

Select Install VBox Guest Additions

Unmount the Windows XP installation media and mount VBoxGuestAdditions_version.iso where our version is 3.0.8



You'll be greeted by an oddly familiar Windows Installation screen. Follow the Dialogue 'Next'

















After allowing the VM to reboot you'll see some more oddly familiar tokens of greeting -- errors and other annoying system tray notifications



Right-click on the red shield otherwise known as the Microsoft Security Center



Open Security Center



Change the way Security Center alerts me
Uncheck all the boxes unless you're planning on doing some internet and email with Windows, I don't suggest it...



Right-click and open Volume Control
Turn the Master Volume up



Right-click the Taskbar and open Properties



Click 'Customize'-button on the 'Always hide inactive icons' line
Change them all to 'Always Hide'



Apply and close the inactive icons window with the 'OK'-button
Check all the boxes except 'Show the clock'
Click 'Apply'-button



There you go! You're finished!

Here's a screenshot of my setup where I'm using Crossloop and the Silverlight Facebook Client beta on Seamless XP and you can see the Terminal in the background.



Here's a screenshot of those apps spread across the Compiz cube

Seamless XP on Ubuntu with VirtualBox - part 2 - Install XP

Once you set up your VM and insert your XP disc 'Run' the VM
It will now be installed from CD/DVD onto the partitioned area of Hard Drive

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Enter



F8



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Enter



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Upon reboot of the VM you will see the familiar Windows logo



And now the real installation can begin



Click 'Next' on the Regional configuration window



Personalize the System



Enter your Registration key



Computer Name and Administrator Password



Date and Time Settings



Select typical Netowrk settings



Keep the Default Workgroup unless you have reason otherwise



These screens made me chuckle







Eventually you'll see the last series of configuration screens



I suggest turning off Automatic Updates



Skip Network Setup



I suggest not Registering unless you need to



Finish





Now you've installed Windows on the VM.
From here I installed Silverlight 4 and the Silverlight Facebook client (Moonlight is not quite there yet), My Crossloop Expert assistance reverseVNC server and Everquest for playing on EQEmu.

Once you've installed whatever you like go ahead and move on to part 3 - Seamless Mode

Google Picasa 3 on Ubuntu 9.10

Picasa has a Debian Linux install which works wonderful on Ubuntu.

The download page link is http://picasa.google.com/linux/download.html



Save



Be sure to grab the right one or you'll get this error screen



Double-click the download status to reach this window and press the 'Install Package' button on the upper right corner



Click 'Yes' to install lib32nss-mdns



Would you like to integrate your webcam images with Picasa? Press Yes if so.



Once Installed you can run it from Applications > Graphics > Picasa. The first time you will have to agree to the EULA.